Son of Albert Dewey Foss and Laura M. (Lofton) Foss; brother of Clara Anne Foss and Betty Jean Foss. A brave Marine killed on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Japan) and then buried there; buried for the second time on 3 Nov 1949 in Hawaii.
Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon
Sept. 1997
"Joseph Henry Foss: Joseph Foss was born June 28, 1922, to Albert and Laura Foss in Courtrock, near the Fox Valley. He spent his childhood around Monument and Hamilton."
"When he was 18, he moved to Boise to work for a construction company owned and operated by his uncle. He worked there until joining the Marines. Foss went on active duty April 7, 1943."
"Pvt. 1st Class Foss was killed when he and his men were attacked on Iwo Jima. He died Feb. 19, 1945. He was 22."
"Foss received many awards, including a Purple Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with two stars, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal."
"Foss is buried in Hawaii."
Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon
Sept. 1997
"Joseph Henry Foss: Joseph Foss was born June 28, 1922, to Albert and Laura Foss in Courtrock, near the Fox Valley. He spent his childhood around Monument and Hamilton."
"When he was 18, he moved to Boise to work for a construction company owned and operated by his uncle. He worked there until joining the Marines. Foss went on active duty April 7, 1943."
"Pvt. 1st Class Foss was killed when he and his men were attacked on Iwo Jima. He died Feb. 19, 1945. He was 22."
"Foss received many awards, including a Purple Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with two stars, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal."
"Foss is buried in Hawaii."
Son of Albert Dewey Foss and Laura M. (Lofton) Foss; brother of Clara Anne Foss and Betty Jean Foss. A brave Marine killed on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima (Japan) and then buried there; buried for the second time on 3 Nov 1949 in Hawaii.
Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon
Sept. 1997
"Joseph Henry Foss: Joseph Foss was born June 28, 1922, to Albert and Laura Foss in Courtrock, near the Fox Valley. He spent his childhood around Monument and Hamilton."
"When he was 18, he moved to Boise to work for a construction company owned and operated by his uncle. He worked there until joining the Marines. Foss went on active duty April 7, 1943."
"Pvt. 1st Class Foss was killed when he and his men were attacked on Iwo Jima. He died Feb. 19, 1945. He was 22."
"Foss received many awards, including a Purple Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with two stars, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal."
"Foss is buried in Hawaii."
Blue Mountain Eagle newspaper, John Day, Oregon
Sept. 1997
"Joseph Henry Foss: Joseph Foss was born June 28, 1922, to Albert and Laura Foss in Courtrock, near the Fox Valley. He spent his childhood around Monument and Hamilton."
"When he was 18, he moved to Boise to work for a construction company owned and operated by his uncle. He worked there until joining the Marines. Foss went on active duty April 7, 1943."
"Pvt. 1st Class Foss was killed when he and his men were attacked on Iwo Jima. He died Feb. 19, 1945. He was 22."
"Foss received many awards, including a Purple Heart, a Presidential Unit Citation ribbon bar with two stars, an Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal."
"Foss is buried in Hawaii."
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Contributor's father, Archie R. Jones, was a good friend of "Joe" Foss
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